RACKAUCKAS v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. G030680.

128 Cal.Rptr.2d 234 (2002)

104 Cal.App.4th 169

Tony RACKAUCKAS, as District Attorney, etc. Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Orange County, Respondent, Los Angeles Times Communications, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

December 9, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin P. de Mayo, County Counsel, Marianne Van Riper, Nicole A. Sims and Amy E. Morgan, Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Davis Wright Tremaine, Kelli L. Sager, Los Angeles, Alonzo Wickers IV, Jean-Paul Jassy; Los Angeles Times Communications and Karlene Goller, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

O'LEARY, J.

We decline to rewrite the California Public Records Act (CPRA) (Gov.Code, § 6250 et seq.)1 to require the public dissemination of a post-investigative closing report that contains the investigators' opinions, thoughts and conclusions regarding potential criminal misconduct.

I

In September 2000, as a result of two separate incidents of alleged police misconduct involving Officer Edmund...

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